Cristi Puiu

Exclusive Trailer for Cristi Puiu’s MMXX Presents Four Stories at the Crossroads of Modern History

Following up his stellar, 3.5-hour drama Malmkrog, Romanian director Cristi Puiu has premiered his latest film MMXX at San Sebastian Film Festival. Portraying ...

San Sebastian Review: Cristi Puiu’s MMXX is a Provocative, Frustratingly Opaque View of the COVID Era

Clearly the COVID-19 scenario's been on Cristi Puiu's mind. After all, the Romanian director loudly voiced his opposition to mask mandates when on the publicit...

First Look at Cristi Puiu’s Dramatic Comedy MMXX

Following up his stellar, 3.5-hour drama Malmkrog, Romanian director Cristi Puiu has quietly completed production on his next feature. MMXX, a dramatic comedy ...

Cristi Puiu on Why Commercial Cinema is Propaganda, Respecting the Audience, and What Defines a Great Film

It's difficult to exactly quantify the impact of Cristi Puiu's second feature. The Death of Mr. Lazarescu is a film about an ambulance worker's attempts to get...

Berlin Review: Cristi Puiu’s Malmkrog is Boldly Uncompromising Look at Aristocratic Life

In Malmkrog, a group of Russian aristocrats gather in a grand rural estate to wax philosophical during a long and luxurious dinner party. The film offers seemi...

News

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Trailers

First Trailer for Bertrand Bonello’s The Beast Puts Léa Seydoux and George MacKay in a Decades-Spanning Sci-Fi Tragedy

The End We Start From Trailer: Jodie Comer Tries to Find Her Way Home in a Submerged London

Memory Trailer: Jessica Chastain and Peter Sarsgaard Search for Connection in Michel Franco’s Drama

Reviews

Silent Night Review: John Woo Returns to Hollywood with a Generic Yuletide Revenge Tale

DOC NYC Review: Apolonia, Apolonia is a Meditative Exploration of Identity, Work, and Evolution

DOC NYC Review: South to Black Power Explores Abstract Politics Through Personal Stories of Change

Features

The Best Directorial Debuts of 2023

NYC Weekend Watch: World Cinema Project, Peeping Tom, The Long Day Closes, the Before Trilogy & More

New to Streaming: Oppenheimer, Afire, Stamped from the Beginning & More

Interviews

Pedro Costa on Needing Your Desire and the Stevie Wonder-Like Vision Fueling The Daughters of Fire

Rodrigo Prieto on Martin Scorsese’s Method and Formatting Killers of the Flower Moon and Barbie for IMAX

Alma Pöysti on the Soft Smiles and Sad Songs of Aki Kaurismäki’s Fallen Leaves

Podcasts

The Film Stage Show Ep. 521 – The Holdovers (with Gerald Peary)

The Film Stage Show Ep. 520 – The Killer (with Noah Gittell)

The B-Side – Vietnam War Movies (with Brian Raftery)

Exclusive Trailer for Cristi Puiu’s MMXX Presents Four Stories at the Crossroads of Modern History

San Sebastian Review: Cristi Puiu’s MMXX is a Provocative, Frustratingly Opaque View of the COVID Era

First Look at Cristi Puiu’s Dramatic Comedy MMXX

Cristi Puiu on Why Commercial Cinema is Propaganda, Respecting the Audience, and What Defines a Great Film

Berlin Review: Cristi Puiu’s Malmkrog is Boldly Uncompromising Look at Aristocratic Life